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Editorial Page of the Cape May County Times

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What Does the New Year Hold For Cape May County?

In tea than two day* 1927 will Iran hravfly dpon hi* canr and turn hi* rtrp. down ((«• path Wtf of yeateryura. A» he depart* a lusty infant, orryin* a fravrim* hag contammj 3tj6 day*. *n0

your rrvort or community to progress during the? Srw Year, do your part and. even though the J weather be poor and other condition! turn out un-: favorable, the chance* are you won't have so much to grumble about thit time near year. Happy New Year and many »t 'em.

A More Prosperous

1928 Predicted

A group of representative huameu men and retort exrQithr* of Cape May County were sUrd, * bf tbia paper, thia euertion: “I)o vou rxpn' a more

»****•_«■ Cum May, Cnabr'lasd and i«*Pet.«., ,*2* than 1927r Mart of them .

What does that iwg hold for you* For Cape May County? Much - , -pend» upon ourwlvr*. for thoar days trill not hr arrrrd m u» on plsttrr They will not come ready made. What ** fy* «»t of them. Mrangr as it may wrm, will depend largely upon what we put in them. It matter» Idfte now whether 1927 rrrated kmdlj or roughly. He tv gone. If hr handled mow .1 us none too gently perhaps hr was only trying to tra-h ut a few ivsmnt Profit h» the ’ Up«iincr. If he wmied and favored others of W kt ua be dunkful and benefit thereby. What «r are imrrrwed m tight now n J92K. Cape May Cowiey need, a lot of things for 1928. It is tip to all of us who reside mthm its confines to help the finest resort county m the

country get them.

Beautiful highway*, tor rumple, ate greatly amded. Whether or not them artrriea. through which visitors to the county paw. are made tnore artractii*- depends upor the manner m which the folk* who Jive along them cooperate with thrar Thr Townsend* inlet Bridge, to vital to the devrlopn-m of the county. Will it boon* a reality ir. 1928? The answer it with the Free

plied in thr affirmative.

The <J0B»"*iv pjWidi-d on page one. reveal a *pirit of healthk «<.f.rru*m that should in darlf have an influence on the coming year. Their* is not the Wmd optimism that so oftrr proves disRather ■ if built on experience, obarrratwn and knowledge of condttiona. The right kaid of aptimmn i* essential to *uc- ». It ■ easy to get in the frame of mind that trilt you evervtfrmg looka bad and b going wrong. Once in such a mental tut, getting out is ditftcult. No man can think straight and dearly until be dor* get out. Hr b wearing daik glasses and you : cannot w the light while peering at life through!

rixisr kind of spretadca.

The blind optrroiat. thr man who hltthefy drim bn car imo danger that is apparent, the mao who, ignores rond.twm and refuse* to britrve fact*. who ride* over the tacks and gita* in the rend » due for srouWe. But the man who view* condition* at they ate and refuse* to he thr pit of despair when they are not a: they (night be » the fellow who eventually teaches hi* destination. You can t think tadure. dream ftelure. talk failure add see nothing else but fail'

and then ariuevr success.

If we ran ogdy get into our head* the truths that

Cape Mar County is

1. that it i* only in its infancy, that its op purtumiirs ate unlimited and th*t in vast field of prospective Viutnr. and resident* is not even u ttnhed, we soill discard the dark gUwrs

There ha* long been a ay

the county Let's get down tt> brass forks on rim ^testion Some folks aav Industrie- are ink prac rind here. A aorvey should hr made and thr aitsutMn attalyxed. if ■* pawl* for industry to tfcmt in Cape May O^nrv, ■■ Hlort tV>.,W V#' • to bring as many as we can here without

day'* tomcrescarr delay. If nnpracricaL fre'- atrm <

appropriation

What about the Cape May County Fair? A County Fair is a kg job and «.-* reuniting months •Mtt week*, of psrewrafio.. If thr fur-vo s.icMl htlly revived, deapit* handaapa and lark of ripw. i to be ronrinurd, «immittm should

What Would You Think?

What would you think of a

•fent a fortune developmf a product, aryeral fortunes building factories, a few more upping

them, another every avek in

art aside a paltry sum to favorably ricquaint people with that product? Well, your optr-K, of aurh an akurd procedure Would piobabli h the MBnr

Is the Mery of Cape May Count* to reach »m« part of our v«t field of proapnn > Or o <t to k ' at Jang led with a 830.00(1 poblmf appropriation? j That. too. ia up to the Frreholdrrs. Are you gmog to do your part to help spreW fir teory of the attrsstsom the advantage*, thi ’ advottunitre. of your resort * tio you knar m knoi k it ? We rarivrd a Christina. rd from • friend in Florida whrh read: "Chti*iinaa Wndw frnm Florida. warmnS by golden sunshinr and ■ riaded by aoft southern hrecee*.” |i rrrry ren drew of thw county enctowd w raifi Imer m*3*i Jo ftirmfs m other parts ot the state or country a folder or booklet desrripf .ve ot k. nr her rewet or the county, what a trttneud., ., amosint ft p hlieiri would k scrured at no aiidituinal cmt. evreptmg the udders o» kxAlets. *ykrh am rratxt should hr glad to furnish free. Ca.e May County needs more home buying

vwirrr ceeximm !«0 ATnKDtT nwir m wynuAL aab 01 B flTAlTBASBB Dr. A. R hesatetry at iU will sol iv Mjof protileoi. •■iMdy of eoeray. oC »re4. aM pro-

Musings of the Office Cat

10 'it t «*■. Motbar oil) aterer bln ^ Sters tun. “'** *,

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Daddy treat rooed

to At* Ihu a*w ftrfa SSS 1 JV ^ * ia k.

Tb# Ere. Ptaak » Blfcl*. 1

Uterally cnpptoa thr He thinks tba '—

fix hr will be

H* (lovtoKlyl -Whs

IS. «™i -in iS^Tiw*! ' r,’ *'.l . 1

Yet thu ia just wh t Cape May County is doing

if the 1938 gaunt) advvrriaing tin* the aame at ihat of 1927.

Fortunes have been nperrt to advance Cape May County to «t> promt stage. More Untune* arc bpng spent %f:t now in fl> dereioj-nmt. Fort |pve bom spent in knWwfv hungslow*. rnttagn. apgrfmetm. hotels, boudvralka. stnrr* amusrsnrnr pbcea. Each year fortunes are rypmded in mUiws by mumvipaUttes and busuMsa men. «»ui produ>t a pud. But who know* about if * Comparatively few people. And few of those wlw do have hem

Bhr return on the fortune* imr.rrd and bring tmeatri m this county has been an.) madrquatr. heiaose toO tew people know abo.it it* merits, tt*

■Vporrtmitire. its amarrinaa, ha ad-

Cape May County’s adeerti* . 'JVt'priahnn should hr increased each yea. Imtrad the 1928

*!c*t provsdre for a decrease 1 The km irsaful k.vines* today do. because n is sucecaafuJ. It ia Cuci.r

To retain and iae*w<-

< ttVOOO 10 not adieftiar ! breauae it ■ p’rvrigc and

1 the

for advertising. ape May County'* growth ?•* sbswri than it would hair been had hern devoted to *d 1 rrt-.sing in future growth depend* upon build . better product and telling mote pe.itnpmmvr way about that prodv* - if tbr tvwnti cannot have a la

Washed In Bj C. SHORE VEARH HBrUXJTIOVH

tolno; alloMut* that tare bwa hoik.ring you trow tisa to Ubw may top off rear* fro* your life, i*o«lpoa‘ e vtettlbg or wrtt.n* a latiar 10 your moiber. whom you haven' seen for. twrhapa woath*. may cilmlaaU aotliriy the naeamity of AolBg elthar. To delay toeJr.t ehrerful. inetoad of arowrhy. ahont tbs howre. may^wKleB a gap U--tsuwa your wife aau ehlldrin and yrmrwtf mat

•til oarer b» happily brld*‘

TIME IHHWNT WAIT rf)R ANT mail or woman. To keep up with It wr mu*! Oo the thin at «*>•; ut ritould not hr put off until tomorrow Tuo often wo crowd Into t»uy many things that are unssnintUI. leaving no room for tboae things

wc rsRnrri affoed to sagleet.

MWT DOtXAEE MAT BE ragaioed. hut every ■tnuie that licks it* sixty aeoreule Into the pn»*. la gone forever. The re fur*, -ihr ywponarr' thtna* we should do today cannot h» «j»o« >ust as well row. That’* why we bsttew In New Taar'a resolution only for thus* folks *>b» would never ■he nay except at this time of she year. Or »« folks who make da any munth and happr-. dtanovrr one about now that heeds their per-

HOW OUt ARE Tot'* An employer of the up'.oy tba: publish ns thia paper waa In a Sea tele Ctt> hatber shop recently, undergoing lhat facial operation known as a ahave. nhea the ha<-

m who hatf"just

cniriwd. Tt.r subject waa that prevr-fatllng con.

on the other hand, we scat 1 cr aaed* that breed anlhahn.-aa. narrow our vtaiao. kill oar faith, maother our tore and befuddle onr undemanding, we are going 10 early reap Ju*i that crop, as re rely aa doss the tamer who sow* wheat gather grain for his harvest. THE CHRISTMAB SEASON ta never complete for ua unlaw we attend an rater*Mnment preavoteu hy Mttle folks, either of a Sunday school or a public school. This year we derived a heap of enjoyment and satisfaction out of the exsrelaox given by the Sunday School of the gen late M. E. Church Christmas Eve. The seal and spirt( with which the children enter Into such a program are coutagtreia. The hit of this particular entertainment was a acv - year-old boy. Newell McAllister. who stepped ta thr platform and. without *hat would have done credit to a boy or girl ttjy * h|s age. The IttUe fellow a btg hand and got U. missed as eniertainsirat ot thia kind this ke It a point act to neat year. There ia tty that drew no* enjoy one or more. Hard, indeed, te any heart that ia not touched by the recitations and songs by the eager, expectant

be a uniting of all

aurcbes.

It is difficult to under»tan Iheiarn can “grip the * With what does it grip? At icre denial and foolish never a real nthstet. N can be an atheist who admil everything of Importance ia ha-

Only _ . an tbeirt Only a few! would Insist that otbet h*s tu-rticuUr definlUoo of Ood

hating interests in <

W* are de vo l pi nr. Mg uolU tare The second and third Mggret ebate store* In tba I nUed SUtas, Krtdire sad Kress AT* ptennHsg li U&4.MM.M* merger They do a f

Thte country. Breed to recogatee the Rnaatan Oovernment. bees use we do Hialnea with Karete. say*

THE APPROACH OF m« reminds u> ihat Leap Tear doesn't hake the sigatflcanre of yore. One* in every four years, in (he oM days, the feminine rtoga-t. -Oet Tour man. ' resounded hroughoui the country it «as used during the other three yrors. of course, bul not openly. Now. the banner

(fast he gruMn't aland the «Ad aa bt could whee'ihre do. ^ T ^ d ^ h ,T *** he was roans, not nearly an much re when b* I T, TT',.. ... , <w« *TWI W IUI ;t. 1... T», tato ft, It developer that he old gemtemar. was tight-’ s< g 4ay> Mck ,. 4 ful , ^ b „ a |, h ^ banplovre and four yuan old. Iwuking hack be could recall hU PP'arei

•ungor year*, lb* servattea.

Agv id IK.( m much a mallei <n y* ir* as », spirit. W* know men—and w> do you—to their thirties who are far older ttae «tfivr mra of fifty. We know men of sixty MB satcutp who are

younger than *>an< m- u of forty. ,

IN CH H PARmOLAS n*U) of life, wa •red* tb*i nuke for a happy. Jorous and

h'lpful aplrfl. a-

kind of rn tgrvwt it rough ihe paming years

OI K HOPE IS ihat you have derived some eoJoymtnt aom* Information and aome inspiration

from i column rincr Us InrcpUon.

We ’ v reaedvr lo orartMltty strive In I tit to m. -bed In" a more teu.estlng culumii than II 1»I7. We have been conataatly tryle* to m«... the column more imrresting in the prat. >o wc Vei we may make this re-olultoa

■P*t to reap Jus I that - wittau: .xmdlcilng with any of our opinions an

if. j reaoluiton* In geeersl.

Th.- next slap would ta to tel Ruftsts know what our standard* are. Are they rep'.rented by onr domlnatlnr n^ronaicau. tj «.r iynrhinga. by i • - • ^_J

“’ J ,r oa *‘ ,r ' wron* ve tta wedding." tovrlcri 2^ M. —.tar havine ^ "What do you moan'" Ttm nud Mr. w The house was full of ckiiiisu

r»tenner (in friewd m tk. m terr): "Oo In aa' tdl tte wm ** hosra rn sur ^ If Uarel by popular, deni r, ^ •* Mapping on! '*• H Th* aidant bank prtsteret retiring after Bfty-fos: jon service. A man who hu m »»rin* “No" that long ~ t»* Ma voice a rod. Jtadman: "Could 1 to-. M Olady*: “I don't cater i Nall trade." "Well nee you te tell _ lid the tombstone mxn. <!t la* the delivery of :ht , —enl. The won* thing about »:) telle* to that none of the .!» leader* ever get Injured.

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tha Senate tor oaah. by aur to ahlltty to do anything hut Ulh when powerful me* steal * 0*veramenrs oil * What are t te?

* •» -R*d Hot lady, dr ire yosith to cvUse" '<*ung people sing tta song*, nod the young pc the modern prisons.

Spirit of the State Press

That Yarrow Cate H uitomaiow n Main Uaeler: What • be j gain by aending Oeorgw Varrow to at. eh*»? They will ua -.be Slate pf *

lh» rteririt 1 lip High fteto,.

promtee tvrdlels wfeieb Juries often gnd to sucli 1 [*•«*- It Aid not epp-. (tat the Mate had mad* «lt a very strong rare although there waa strong prauimpllt* exdence against the accused. itaBbttera the jury •ra'not unanltorito to optoton tost ,!b*y were gull I y. alth-. U (ti aom* mnai hav* ta | Iteveo then. I-. be. No Jury mm want* lo voto ■ awaj ite lift an are used person, w ho map pun- » Uen SI | ^ b,, ta proved inooreol The public

Iasi of this case, it will doubt-

Best Wat Inisrutte City fiunday "rim - bore ih» senitmenl of his district to in before the K« late RotarUas la ta! sppropriattous fur the tomy rad

. well a

> has not |

are

Properly lured u Ml right, about tore x j all right, and dm.- nobody re cHma, if they are modtwi. Hr*. Taylor wrltM herirelf H l, "Red Hut Ua

esewp- the si to

Sejdember Ural etghty-two thousand six hundred and Maty seven miltom «• liar*, and hare gone up •‘*»y mitrioaa •tore. Those mSUosa go unck and >uh orer tha ixkav from bum to seiter. and tta pauecl b.tawr gets hi* little one-etchib. A saat on tta erehangn ought to ta north li.reo.Ata Tta • anndlan riscihe Railroad re stork of which went climbing lea days atm, is apernted is a

Dr. Frank Crane Says:

The Growth of Pew*

growing. Peace will n#*rr t* cored by any nrilAdal ^ rx: ' Ul there is aomrirat srcl behind H That senUneB' grow. It cannot re msosfw lured. Of course ovary latrlligca- ^ I. J-n Id te I* -

than that within forty mites of New York's lUy HnU. What Wall Street pay each high price* toe a I'anadUn railroad. How do you explain the (ana dixn Ooreraarant-B aMHty u. opevsie ( anadaa nattonm railroads oat tonal tote-graph and tatephon* systems well wKh a progt*

rrept r# ioaad W- lh ' * I the peopte rverywkere UUUn Gish, the arid the Mtar day: «• wl1 '” , will bring *1! aft - , con caption of ■»' and U a universal wnw « tarnnftonal retotton *ad & > Ota of the great (»'»»’* p ..^Vth of peace te'be aperies net In «ord» wl“«' * one people and n->t In picture* which art ond-rdM* able by all- . — An Italian papsr rrc T t _L a frutod agalBal tta 1“^ American Hollywood Thia to Mhe protesting

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1 tare seen I

Of the 1

American Bl""•0 in (be woHd ^;' ^ rr than the EurrtK**

ssz-J'JszrX'-g wdrid OM , rco*** privilege. oM in# .xf upu« iisdittoa auM ykef Along with ths B'® r,»f l»thing* ihal are ucl "r. ,c w urnsitooal. ihal ^^,.» s d '»* Ue*WM» of 1= '*!'